Poverty, Inequality and Development: Essays in Honor of Erik Thorbecke

by Ravi Kanbur

Book Overview

This collection of essays honors a remarkable man and his work. Erik Thorbecke has made significant contributions to the microeconomic and the macroeconomic analysis of poverty, inequality and development, ranging from theory to empirics and policy. The essays in this volume display the same range. As a collection they make the fundamental point that deep understanding of these phenomena requires both the micro and the macro perspectives together,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441954457
• ISBN13: 9781441954459
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"